Aline Mauch

Vita

Aline Mauch is a product and sustainability professional who brings together textile innovation, circular design and business strategy to help move the industry towards more responsible solutions. As Group Product Manager at TESTEX in Zurich, she leads the development and continuous improvement of certification and verification solutions focused on sustainability, transparency and circularity in the textile and leather sector. Her work is driven by one clear question: how can ambitious ideas become credible, scalable solutions that create real impact across the value chain? At TESTEX, Aline works where some of the industry’s biggest questions meet real world implementation: circularity, microplastics, PFAS and transparent product communication. She oversees certification and verification programmes including TESTEX CIRCULARITY, TESTEX MICROPLASTIC, TESTEX PFAS Tested and OEKO-TEX® MADE IN GREEN, helping turn ambitious sustainability goals into credible, practical solutions for brands, manufacturers and supply chain partners. Her perspective is shaped by more than certifications alone. Before joining TESTEX, Aline spent over seven years at QWSTION Schweiz GmbH, a Swiss pioneer in sustainable textile innovation and creator of Bananatex®, the world’s first plant based circular textile made from banana fibres. From product design to product management, she helped bring ideas from concept to market, working hands on with materials, circular design principles and supply chain transparency long before these topics became boardroom priorities. Aline combines a designer’s curiosity with a strategist’s understanding of business transformation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Product and Industrial Design and a Master of Science in Business Administration, specialising in Business Development and Promotion. Her master’s thesis explored how SMEs can move towards circular business models, a topic that continues to shape the way she approaches innovation, collaboration and change in the textile industry today. What makes Aline’s perspective especially valuable is her ability to connect the creative world of product design with the strategic requirements of sustainability and certification. She understands both the ambition behind circular innovation and the practical realities companies face when implementing it. This makes her a strong voice for brands, manufacturers and industry professionals looking for credible, actionable ways to build a more transparent and responsible textile future.